Accuracy of estimates of serving size using digitally displayed food photographs among Japanese adults

ABSTRACT: We evaluated the accuracy of the estimated serving size using digital photographs in a newly developed food atlas. From 209 food items in the food atlas, we selected 14 items with various appearances for evaluation. At the study site, fifty-four participants aged 18–33 years were served fourteen foods in the amount they usually ate. After they left, each food item was weighed by a researcher. The following day, the participants estimated the quantity of each food they served based on food photographs using a web-based questionnaire. We compared the weights of the foods the participants served (true serving sizes) and those determined based on the photographs (estimated serving sizes). For ten of the fourteen food items, significant differences were observed between the estimated and true s

SUBMITTER: Shinozaki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9705702 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature